A diazotrophic bacterial endophyte isolated from stems of zea mays l. and Zea luxurians iltis and doebley

Plant and Soil

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 135-142

  Palus, James A ^a   Borneman, James ^a   Ludden, Paul W ^a   Triplett, Eric W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

diazotrophs; endophytes; Klebsiella; sweet corn Zea

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; ZEA; ZEA LUXURIANS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030476362     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00035067     Document Type: Conference Paper

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